gii-

Definition: would, could

gii-
>pv 1 would, could. Gijiishpin izhichigesigopa mii iw ge-gii-izhinaagoziwaapa Anishinaabeg.
>If he had not done this way, people would now be so formed. AW1941.rn. Gakina awiya odaa-gii-baataamigoon gegoo izhichiged, gijiishpin izhinaagozipa geyaabi.
>That other would tell on everybody whenever that person did anything out of the way, if one were still so formed. AW1941.rn. Nga-oo-wiidbimaa kewesh, biinish daansan gii-bi-dgoshnanit.
>I'll go sit with her for a while until her daughter arrives. MC2005.cs. Mninaak na go daa-gii-gmoodin wa wi?
>Is there any way he would have stolen that? MC2005.cs. Gaa gsha wii go naa mninaak daa-gii-oo-doodn=zii wa wi.
>He couldn't have gone and done that! (sense that one should know better than to think another would do something that's improper) MC2005.cs.
>Full-vowel form: gii-.

Languages: Nishnaabemwin (Odawa/Eastern Ojibwe)
Part of speech: Affix Prefix
Source of term: Mary Ann Corbiere and Rand Valentine, Dictionary of Nishnabewin Database, publication pending (2015).
Unique ID: n201133020-3-11n
GKS Reference Number: 23986
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